Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: Evaluation of indications and long-term outcome compared with conservative treatment and open thoracotomy

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2226-2230

  Sawada, Shigeki ^a,b   Watanabe, Yoichi ^a   Moriyama, Shigeharu ^a  

^a Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservative treatment; Open thoracotomy; Primary spontaneous pneumothorax; Recurrence; Video assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX; THORACOSCOPY; THORACOTOMY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROBABILITY; RECURRENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THORACOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 21844442133     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.6.2226     Document Type: Article

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